Pair of Solitary Bees

The first one is a Miner Bee, but I'm not sure about the second.

Tech specs: Canon 40D (F13, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens (@3x) + a diffused MT-24EX macro twin flash (-2/3 FEC).

Nice pic, love the first one.

i bet hes saying "mmmm dandelion". great shots i like the first.

Like #2 - #1 seems a bit dark on the bee although I realise the exposure headache the flower and pollen give.
Brian v.

Thanks folks

LordV wrote in post #9409251
...#1 seems a bit dark on the bee although I realise the exposure headache the flower and pollen give.
Brian v.

The joys of shooting a black subject against a yellow flower. Also that first shot suffers from a lack of contrast between the subject and the background. Had the critter been lethargic I would have set something up behind it to reflect the light from the flash and brighten up the background, but the bee was in motion and I just didn't have time.

I recently re-worked my diffuser to make the light a little warmer, but was processing my images like I was still using the old set and I pushed the saturation in post too much. I've re-edited both shots and updated the images in the first post.

Both great...love #1

ConDigital wrote in post #9409753
Both great...love #1

Thanks

That's my favorite of the set.

lovely shots

Very nice all this pollen.

Very nice, I really love the first one.

Awesome Macros